At the same time, he is the deputy director of the Architectural History Professional Committee of the Chinese Society for Science and Technology, the academic member of the Architectural History Branch of the Chinese Architectural Society, the deputy director of the Academic Committee of the China Yuanmingyuan Society, and a member of the National Cultural Heritage Administration Expert Group.

From 1979, he entered Nanjing Institute of Technology (now Southeast University) to study architecture. 1983 to 1986, studied architectural history and theory and obtained a master's degree. 1997- 1998, visiting scholar at Zurich University of Technology, Switzerland. 1988-2004 as a senior visiting scholar in Japanese, Hongkong, Australian and Singaporean universities, as well as Tsinghua and Peking University. 1992 received special government allowance from the State Council of People's Republic of China (PRC) (China).

Associate professor 1990, professor 1997, doctoral supervisor 1999.